Trousers hanger



Aug. 18, 1959 F. SIMON 2,900,118

TROUSERS HANGER Filed Sept. 11, 1957 INVENTOR. Haw/w Suva/v Arm/M45)United States Patent Ofiice 2,900,118 Patented Aug. 18, 1959 2 m nsTROUSERS HANGER Frank Simon, Brooklyn, N.Y. Application September 11,1957, Serial No. 683,259

2 Claims. (Cl. 223-96) The invention relates to improvements in garmenthangers, more especially to hangers to be suspended as from a hook orthe like, such as of the type adapted to retain-full length-trousers, asby engaging the same in an inverted position and at the bottom or cufiportions thereof.

In the convenional hangers of this type, difficulty is experienced inaccommodating satisfactorily, in a single hanger, trousers of widelydifferent widths, as well as in securing substantially uniform pressurein the holding of the trousers especially when of different thickness ofmaterial. The invention has for an object to provide a novel hangerwhereby various widths of trousers may readily be accommodated and adesired pressure established thereon, said pressure being thenmaintained substantially uniform throughout the entire holding area.

A further object of the invention is to provide holding means forcontacting the trousers at .the bottom, said means not only being moreconveniently and readily releasable but arranged to facilitate theintroduction of a garment.

In carrying out the invention, an elongated abutment member is provided,the same supporting at its one end a pivoting member, such as aninternally threaded post and upon which is supported pivotally aclamping bar or bars. The latter is designed to cooperate with theabutment member in supporting the trousers, the degree of separationbeing determined by a headed screw which is threaded to fit the post foraxial adjustment with respect thereto.

The opposite, free ends of the abutment member and bars may be arrangedto be then locked together as by being embraced by a slide elementmovable thereover, stop means being provided on the slide element toengage a longitudinal slot provided through the abutment member, thefree end of which is made to project then beyond the free ends of theassociated clamping bar or bars.

The nature of the invention, however, will best be understood whendescribed in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view, in isometric projection, illustrating the novel hangerand with a number of pairs'of trousers suspended therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the hanger, shown without retention ofagarment, and indicates a clamping bar thereof released for insertion ofa garment.

Fig. 3 is aplan view of the hanger; and Fig. 4 an end, elevationthereof, Without any garment suspended therefrom.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view of. the pivoting element forsupporting the clamping bars and pivoting them to the abutment member.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view, in plan, and Fig. 7 is a similarelevational view illustrating a modification in the manner of retainingthe free end of a clamping bar to the abutment member for said bars.

Referring to the drawings, '10 designates an abutment merit of thesebars is efiected in a manner such that they may be conveniently droppedto open the hangeras is indicated by the broken line position, Fig. 2 ofthe drawings-from their normal, generally horizontal location when it isdesired to insert garments 15, particularly trousers. These are to bereceived by the hanger to hold them in an inverted position, that is tosay, engaging them at their bottoms or cufi portions, as is indicated inFig. 1.

The said bars in accordance with the invention are pivoted upon atubular post 20 which extends horizontally through the abutment memberand the respective bars, which latter and the abutment member are madeof sufiicient length to accommodate trousers of maximum width, as isindicated in Fig. l of the drawings.

Provision is made, however, to hold normally and when the hanger is notin use the said clamping bars alongside the abutment member. This iseiiected not only by means of a headed screw 21 threaded into post 20,the head 22 of said screw contacting the outermost of the clamping barsto lock it together with the remaining ones against the abutment member;but, by gathering the free ends of said clamping bars, to lock theopposite ends of the same to said abutment member, for example, in aslide element 23'. To hold said slide element against working oil theend of the abutment member, the latter is provided with a slot 25, and apin 26 extends through said slot and is retained therein.

It will be understood that when a garment is to be hung, the said slideelement will be moved manually outwardly sufficiently for the slide toclear the clamping bars; whereupon head 22 will be manipulated to freeone or more of the clamping bars to swing downwardly and becomedisplaced sufficiently from the abutment member to permit insertion ofthe garment. The reverse operation will clamp the garment securely tothe abutment member; and in moving then the slide element inwardly afurther hold is had thereon and all members held in proper relationship,as is indicated in Fig. 1.

Recesses 28, 29 may be provided respectively in the abutment member andthe 'adjacent clamping bars and juxtaposed to each other to accommodatethe seam of the trousers.

Instead of the slide element, provision may be made to unite the freeends of the clamping bars to the corresponding end of the abutmentmember by means similar to .the post and headed screw arrangement forthe pivoted ends of the bars. Thus, reference being had to Figs. 6 and 7of the drawings, the free endof the bar 30 is provided with an inwardlydirected, open slot 31 designed to receive an internally threaded post32. The latter passes also through a slot 33 of the abutment member 34which extends beyond the corresponding free end of the bar and isdesigned to register with the said slot 31 when juxtaposed thereto. Bymeans of the head 35 of a threaded pin 36 fitting the post 32, thedesired pressure may be applied also at this end of the hanger.

When it is desired to lower the bar, post 32 is drawn outwardly beyondslot 31 of the bar; and after the trousers have been inserted andclamped at the pivoted end, additional clamping is effected at theopposite end by means of the head 35, the post having first beenreturned to its engagement with slot 31. I

I claim:

1. A trousers hanger, comprising an elongated rigid abutment memberprovided with a longitudinal slot at one end; a rigid clamping barassociated lengthwise therewith and of lesser length; means passingthrough the unslotted end of the abutment member for pivotally mountingsaid clamping bar thereon, the opposite end of the latter terminatingbehind the associated abutment member; means associatedwith the pivotalmounting means to exert axially pressure between the pivoted ends of theabutment member and clamping, bar; and means slidably mounted about theopposite free ends of said abutment member and bar to hold said freeends, when juxtaposed, to each other, said slidable means being movableoutwardly to free the said ends from each other, together with stopmeans for the slidable means to limit its outward travel and passingthrough the slot.

4 2. A trousers hanger according to claim 1, wherein the pivotalmounting means is adjustable axially.

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